C2: Netherlands 4 - 1 France - 13/06/08

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Euro 2008, Group C
Netherlands v France

Stadium: Stade de Suisse, Berne
Kick-off: Friday, 13 June 2008, 20.45h

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Who do you think will win this?

Me thinks Netherlands won't win this one. They are just overconfident now, and think they can beat everyone.

France may not be producing up front, but their defence is on level.

[BlackNess]

The best defense will win this match, Thats if The old Thuram doesn't fuck up.

Africa 2-1 Holland .

[lionel]

I think holland don't have a chance, but I'm always wrong.

assuming henry will play, france will show good football and win the match without much problems. holland will have problems with the great back line and midfield of france. their wingers will not be so effective like they were against italy.

hopefully samir nasri starts over malouda... and I'd love to see some good stuff from benzema and ribery.

[NJ10]

I think it will be a draw, although I hope Holland whip them.

[Forza_Roma]

This should be a tough match...France will need to rebound after their disappointing first game. Maybe Holland can hold them off to a draw.

[Jager]

For Italy, a win or draw for Holland, and we are sitting pretty.

If we beat Romania of course.

Going to the game, I can see this being a 1-1 draw or -0-0....why?

The french can't score, but they can still play a boring draw. Holland are firing, but they won't get gift wrapped goals, like Italy gave them.

[cerebral_assassin]

No more zidane = no glory for france.

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Confirmed official starting line-ups:

Netherlands:

9 Van Nistelrooy
10 Sneijder - 23 Van der Vaart - 18 Kuyt
8 Engelaar - 17 De Jong
5 Van Bronckhorst - 4 Mathijsen - 2 Ooijer - 21 Boulahrouz
1 Van der Sar (C)

France:

12 Henry - 22 Ribéry
7 Malouda - 6 Makelele - 20 Toulalan - 10 Govou
13 Evra - 5 Gallas - 15 Thuram (C) - 19 Sagnol
23 Coupet

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[kyan]

Fantastic to see Evra starting, but other than that what is Domenech playing at?

A draw isn't particularly useful at this stage and some caution should be taken sure.... but a 4-5-1? With 2 DMs again?

Why the hell is Malouda playing? Ribery should have been on the left and Anelka or Benzema up front imo.

This one is really tough to call. I was gonna go with 2-1 France but then thought it would be 2-1 Holland....

I'm going to go with a lucky France win. Imagine if neither World Cup Finalist made the 2nd round of the Euros

[Pat Murphy]

I think Malouda should have been dropped. Abidal was rightly dropped, should have been done a while ago. Ribery maybe to get a free role.

Holland playing exactly the same team that beat Italy unless I'm mistaken. I'm still not sure on how far that defence will stretch.

I think we'll maybe see a 1-1 draw here.

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Malouda and Sagnol should be on the bench.

Ribéry should be played on the left if you want to see an excellent performance from him.

Henry - Benzema should be the attack, and Nasri should be on the right wing, even though Govou is not a bad option.

Poor player positioning by Domenech. Lets see if he can surprise us.

One thing I'm sure of - Holland are not getting three points.

[NJ10]

No Benzema or Nasri. Shame that.

Correct decision to play Evra. That will give France a much better trust from full back than Abidal, who has fallen way off form in the past couple of months or so.

[Olzy]

Makelele lucky not to get at least a yellow.

dirty bas tard

[ReMad]

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